Name: Bresaola Cantaloupe Appetizer
Prep time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 cantaloupe; 6 slices of bresaola (or prosciutto); 2 tablespoons cream cheese; 3 tablespoons lemons juice; fresh basil leaves to garnish; flower-shaped cookie cutter (6 cm); small round cookie cutter

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We all love a delicious summer recipe, and this elegant Bresaola Cantaloupe Appetizer is no exception.

You need sweet cantaloupe melon, thinly sliced cured beef, cream cheese, lemon, fresh basil, and a flower-shaped cookie cutter to make this tasty melon appetizer.

Serve the flowers as is, place them on a canapé stick, or top them onto a simple green salad for an easy and stunning sidedish.

Feel free to replace the bresaola with prosciutto for a classic Italian combination.

Servings: people

Bresaola Cantaloupe Appetizer

Prep: 20

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Ingredients

▢ 1 cantaloupe
▢ 6 slices of bresaola, or prosciutto
▢ 2 tablespoons cream cheese
▢ 3 tablespoons lemons juice
▢ fresh basil leaves to garnish
▢ flower-shaped cookie cutter, 6 cm
▢ small round cookie cutter

Instructions

Slice the melon.
Use the flower cutter to make the melon cutouts.
Place the round cutter in the middle of the cantaloupe flowers and remove the center.
Spread cream cheese on the thinly sliced bresaola.
Squeeze some lemon juice on top.
Fold up the bresaola lengthwise.
Now, roll the strips into a tight rose.
Stick it into the center of the melon flowers.
Arrange the basil leaves on top.
Serve.